" Unzipped " ...

" Unzipped "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Unzipped World Cup bids
travel restrictions  crash-filled wins
knees and backs stiffened
pell mell practitioners
still in it getting hits with a stick
fastest pitches in 10 innings
swinging sizzlers gleeful trips
infield injuries survival of the fittest
claiming victory with great difficulty

caution flags checkered flags
reigning champs lap after lap
"I'll be back!" overall standings
races to spare squandering chances
unanswered prayers hapless bans
fallen fans cited examples
passing to prevail, "It's a mess out there!"
setting up clashes witnessing massacres
fitting patterns of the extremely unfair

internationally sanctioned
unveiled budget plans
seen as setbacks to second chances
for acrobats being taken to task
while leaping backwards at the climax
like scandalous airbags from scaled-back
fabricated test data harder to hack
catchy mismatches of signature chain mails

in gunmetal gray and gold lamé
puff sleeved and graceful
setting the pace in remakes
of funnel shapes segueing
into dangly pastel shades
abstracted back stage

donning natty jackets with scant elbow patches
for real-life battles of head-scratching
affirmative action in paperback calamities
despondently conjuring all-conquering mortality
with glaring sentimentality reigning supreme...